I. Choose the correct answer:
1. Karikala was the son of _________
(a) Sengannan (b) Kadungo (c) Ilanjetchenni (d) Athiyaman
Ans: (c) Ilanjetchenni
2. Which of the following pairs is not correct?
(i) Talayalanganam – Nedunchezhiyan
(ii) Pattinapalai – Uruttirankannanar
(iii) Gajabahu – Ceylon
(iv) Tiruvanchikulam – Cholas
(a) – (i); (b) – (ii); (c) – (iii); (d) – (iv)
Ans: (d) – (iv) Tiruvanchikulam – Cholas
3. _________ performed Rajasuya sacrifice
(a) Perunarkilli (b)Mudukudumi Peruvazhuthi (c) Simuka (d) Athiyaman
Ans: (a) Perunarkilli
4. Indravihara is mentioned in _________ .
(a) Manimegalai (b) Silappathikaram (c) Ashoka inscription (d) Chera coin
Ans: (a) Manimegalai
5. Ikshavakus wielded power in _________.
(a) Andhra-Karnataka region (b) Odisha (c) Deccan region (d) Banavasi
Ans: (c) Deccan region
6. Read the following and pick out the wrong statement
(i) Kalabhras are referred to as Kaliyarasars
(ii) Kalabhras were Saivites
(iii) Kalabhras defeated Pallavas and Pandyas
(iv) Ikshavakus supported vedic sacrifices
(a) – (i); (b) – (ii); (c) – (iii); (d) – (iv);
Ans: (b) – (ii)